Can decoding your genome be the key to a longer health span? Dr. Leroy "Lee" Hood returns to the podcast to discuss the research on what your biological age says about your health, and how metabolic processes and the microbiome might be controlling your aging.  

During this episode you’ll learn about:  

• Dr. Leroy "Lee" Hood, pioneer in human genomics [1:23] 

• Biological age as a measure of wellness inside and out [7:48] 

• How microbiomes differ between healthy and unhealthy people [11:43] 

• Metabolic and medicinal impacts on the aging process [16:40] 

• How is biological age calculated? What other test methods are there? [18:55] 

• How can AI be used to predict health outcomes? [28:03] 

Resources to topics mentioned in this episode:  

• Go deeper into wellness with Thorne’s Biological Age Health Panel 

• What’s Your Actual Age? Chronological vs. Biological Age 

• How Does Thorne's Biological Age Panel Work? 

• 6 Steps to Improving The Aging Process  

• From the podcast archives 

• Episode 51: Exploring the Science of Healthy Aging with Dr. Nathan Price 

• Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) 

• The Age of Scientific Wellness: Why the Future of Medicine Is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands, by Drs. Leroy "Lee" Hood and Nathan Price 

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